On 2014-03-11 00:28 , Matthew Squair wrote:
> Sure, but over the years there have also been a number of lost at sea accidents where either the FDR> or CVR were not recovered or were recovered damaged.

Let me contradict that flatly.

In the last two decades, there has not been a single accident in which the aircraft ditched into
ocean and the FDR was not recovered. Further, there has been none in which more FDR data would have
helped but was not available. In contrast, there have been plenty in which the hull needed to be
inspected to determine probable cause.

The proposal "solves" a "problem" that hasn't existed for two decades.

Please also note that there have been only 9 oceanic accidents in the last ten years, and 24 such
accidents, almost three times as many, in the ten years before that. A clear trend, in common with
the general accident statistics.